Beatriz Bracher

Antonio (eBook, ePUB)

Übersetzer: Morris, Adam

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

A brilliant, magisterial novel of family secrets simmering beneath the surface

Benjamin, on the verge of becoming a father, discovers a tragic family secret involving patrimony and determines to get to the root of. Those most immediately involved are all dead, but their three closest confidantes are still aliveIsabel, his grandmother; Haroldo, his grandfather's friend; and Raul, his father's friendand each will tell him a different version of the facts.

By collecting these shards of memories, which offer personal glimpses into issues of class and politics in Brazil, Benjamin will piece together the painful puzzle of his family history. Like a Faulkner novel, Beatriz Bracher's brilliant Antonioshows the expansiveness of past events and the complexity of untangling long-buried secrets.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: New Directions
• Seitenzahl: 176
• Erscheinungstermin: 9. März 2021
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780811227391
• Artikelnr.: 61233353

Autorenporträt

Beatriz Bracher, born in Sao Paulo in 1961, grew up under the Brazilian military dictatorship. Her memories of that time intersect with the lives of people whose friends and lovers were tortured, exiled, and killed, as well as with those who did the killing. An editor, screenwriter, and the author of six books of fiction, Bracher has won three of Brazil's most prestigious literary awards: the Clarice Lispector Prize, the Rio Prize, and the Sao Paulo Prize.